@Budley
Can't afford a sub, but your work certainly deserves it. Thank you!
@krazyjack0521
I’ve had my UNAS Pro since the first order bank shipped and I love it. Popped in seven 18TB Seagate refurbished IronWolf Pro drives for 108TB of storage. This is paired with a headless Mac mini and it works beautifully. I’m mostly using this combined system as a Plex server, and Time Machine backups directly to the UNAS Pro. Haven’t powered on the POS Asustor AS6704T since I flawlessly transferred the data over SMB. I know I’m not using the UNAS Pro in a professional or high demand setting, but it has been absolutely flawless. As you say, great value for money.
@ascot4000
The best investigative review or detailed follow-up you have made. I've re-subscribed... not that I remember unsubscribing.
@W9HJBill
I love mine. Right now I mainly use it as a backup to my Synology DS920. I don't need a device to run dozens of 3rd party apps like the Synology. My only complaint about it is that it is lacking in the area of backups. I wish there was a built in solution to do a NAS to NAS backup from Synology or even PCs.
@comfy39
I've been on the fence about the UNAS Pro and a larger picture with a Dream Machine SE and some cameras. My finger has been hovering over the buy button for days now, but this morning, the UNAS Pro was actually back in stock. I bought the lot. I think it is the right move, we shall see. Good timing for you to post this video :) Now I just need to pick out some drives.
@ZwaaiHaai
This is a great video! Nuanced, informative and exactly the right time, tech depth for me. Great that you gathered the Reddit replies and added them to your view on the product. Your calm an pleasant way of presenting is the icing on this review cake. This is how a review should be! Maybe I'm too praising but I'm sure you can ask someone in the pub to make some funny cynical negative puns. As a NAS I almost went to buy it. Most features dont bother me for a basic local 2 user "network storage" its only the unreliability in copying files that is unacceptable as a main storage.
@nil2k
I ordered one of these just before I saw your videos about this. If I end up ordering a second for backups, I'll definitely use the product link from one of your videos.
@kennyg4744
I've had mine for about 1 month. We are a small 5 user company and had been using a Lenovo P320 PC with a couple of big hard drives for file sharing. I have been looking at NAS systems for a couple of years. As I have a complete Ubiquiti network solution at work and home I was happy that the UNAS would suits my needs. And it does exactly. I have 3 identical drives in a raid 5 format which is great and it does file sharing exactly as I need for our business. A perfect solution at a great price. I don't need it to do anything more. Brilliant device and I'm very pleased with it. I already have an NVR for running our cameras, so don't need this to run protect. And happy for these two systems to be completely separate.
@TotteVG
At least soon (it’s in early access) you can automatically backup Protect footage to the UNAS, sorta like Archive Vault on Synology. But would be amazing if could also run Protect, maybe that will come in a UNAS Pro Max Enterprise Etherlight version
@lifefromscratch2818
Some of these issues are important to note and not something easily found in an initial review. Thanks for the recap!
@DanZimmerli
I have a UNAS Pro and I love it as a traditional NAS. I can’t wait to see how Ubiquiti improves it over time, like adding RAID6 support.
@preacherplays
5:04 I will call it soccer if I want to, and you can't stop me. LOL
@compudude
I really want one. I may wait until they get a little farther along with fixing those SMB copy errors and filename issues. All I need is pure storage, which this seems pretty perfect for. I already have a Synology DS918+ for running VMs and dockers... it's a little slow on the network interface, but I can still use it as a backup destination for the UniFi data, where speed is less critical, and let it continue running VMs, and just let UniFi handle the bulk storage. Win-win!
@Saorathan
Where please do I find the discussion about the skipped files using SMB (and the weird suggestion to turn of Oplocks)?
@iChaseCorals
thanks for the update! i'll wait for next year's soccer playoffs and decide
@tonywebb9909
I am fairly happy with as it does the basic job of backup that i need. I only bought it because my Qnap before would click and cluck away all night long when not being used for anything, I just decided that I trust the Unifi brand more with my data. Yes I know I'm just a basic user!
@JamesAFranklinIINY
Appreciate your video, you alway help in with my final choice lol. Because I fully understand what the Unas is and is not I am okay with its short-coming so to speak. I dont own one yet (since its always sold out) but I am looking forward to getting one. I have the Qnap Nasbook with 5 8TB m.2 drive and the Unas would serve as mostly cold storage in my case and workflow.
@patrickcennon5617
Thanks!
@gofastwclass
I wish I had purchased on the opening day, but I didn't and missed out. Mine has only been here a week and I'm very happy as it does exactly what I need - storage. I'm using raid 5 and copied data from three smaller desktop NAS drives with zero errors and 100% confidence my data is solid after spot checks. The device is built solidly and because it used existing and proven hardware I don't have concerns on the physical box. The software is and was my main concern but it looks like Unifi is sorting that out. Could there be additional features, absolutely! But I feel this is an excellent solution for the price and would buy it again. I do agree with you on some of the should be there as a default items you listed in the video and feel they are totally realistic for a NAS at this level. I know some people want more, but as a guy who works with this stuff all day for a living, I don't expect a server, apps or whatnot in a rackmount case at this price point. ...and the football / soccer screen display bits were funny. I'm not a sports guy but we could probably have a long dueling rant on that topic.
@DaveChurchill